Triple
T22044996
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Henry de Villiers |
E544737
|
entity |
| Predicate | educatedAt |
P5
|
FINISHED |
| Object | South African College |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: South African College | Statement: [John Henry de Villiers, educatedAt, South African College]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South African College Context triple: [John Henry de Villiers, educatedAt, South African College]
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A.
South African College
chosen
South African College was the 19th-century educational institution in Cape Town that evolved into the modern University of Cape Town.
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B.
Transvaal University College
Transvaal University College was the early 20th-century higher education institution in South Africa that later developed into the modern University of Pretoria.
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C.
Victoria College, Stellenbosch
Victoria College, Stellenbosch was a former higher education institution in Stellenbosch, South Africa, that later evolved into Stellenbosch University and was known for educating several prominent Afrikaner leaders.
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D.
University of South Africa
The University of South Africa is a major South African distance-learning institution and one of the largest universities on the African continent.
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E.
University of the Witwatersrand
The University of the Witwatersrand is a leading South African public research university in Johannesburg, renowned for its strong academic programs and significant role in the country’s political and intellectual history.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69e11e32445c8190ab97089b48a130bb |
completed | April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1282e647481908e054b3ad19e2c15 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:35 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:25 p.m.